Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

(1)         Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-183924) pertaining to the Sunshine Heart, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Plan;

(2)         Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-183925) pertaining to the Sunshine Heart, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan;

(3)         Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-188935) pertaining to the Sunshine Heart, Inc. 2013 Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Incentive Plan;

(4)         Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-190499) pertaining to the Sunshine Heart, Inc. New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan;

(5)         Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-194642) pertaining to the Sunshine Heart, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, the Sunshine Heart, Inc. 2013 Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Incentive Plan, and the Sunshine Heart, Inc. New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan, as amended;

(6)         Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-194731) of Sunshine Heart, Inc. and in the related base prospectus and sales agreement prospectus; and

(7)         Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-202904 pertaining to the Sunshine Heart, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, the Sunshine Heart, Inc. 2013 Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Incentive Plan, and the Sunshine Heart, Inc. New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

of our report dated March 15, 2016, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Sunshine Heart, Inc. and Subsidiaries included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Sunshine Heart, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2015.